Third Edition

Strategy
Plan your email carefully. Focus on developing each point, but also try not to include extra information that is not in the instructions for the task.

7. 
   Read the Strategy. Then look at the exam task and the notes that a student has made for it. Match the notes with the points in the instructions for the task. Cross out any unnecessary notes.
   

You and your friends went hiking in the mountains and you
nearly had an accident. Write an email to a friend in which you:

1. 
   Describe the place.
   
2. 
   Describe how you avoided an accident.
   
3. 
   Give your personal opinion of the experience.
   
4. 
   Invite your friend to go with you next time.
   

went to Japan and climbed Mount Fuji!
1 A took	B spent	C made
2 A it	B there	C they	• beautiful scenery 1	• sta rted ou t ea r ly
3 A lot	B little	C few	• Mark pulled me back	• plan to go again soon
4 A During	B Through	C While	• got very foggy	• got too near edge of cliff
5 A much	B lot	C many	• went with friends from	• taught me a lot
6 A needed	B must	C had	school	• had sandwiches and coffee
7 A make	B think	C look	• exciting, memorable	at midday
8 A take part	B take off	C take place	• went hiking in the	• beautiful sunshine later,
9 A Not only	B As well as	C Even though	mountains	saw some deer
10 A over	B into	C across

Speaking
: Strategy

• 
  Before you come to an agreement, remember to discuss
  
• 
  all the options in detail and discuss the advantages and | disadvantages of the different options.
  

8. 
   You and a group of students made a film about your school. Write an email to a friend in which you:
   

• 
  Explain whose idea it was and why you wanted to make it.
  
• 
  Describe what is shown in the film.
  
• 
  Give your personal opinion of the experience.
  
• 
  Invite your friend to come round to watch the film.
  

Exam Skills Trainer 2

4

Our





J Vocabulary %



Weather
I can describe the weather.

1 Complete the adjectives that describe the weather in the pictures.



It’s'thundery and ²c . It's ³s and*f . It's ^ and ⁶i



It's ⁷s and⁸w . It’s hot and ⁹s . It’s cold and ¹⁰r

2. 
   Write the nouns for the adjectives in exercise 1.
   

1. 
   thunder 5 9
   
2. 
   6 10 _
   
3. 
   7
   
4. 
   8
   

3. 
   Complete the text with the words below.
   

blow claps flashes raindrops storm clouds sunshine thunderstorm

There was a terrible¹ yesterday evening.
We saw big, dark grey² in the distance.
Then a strong wind started to³
and it began to rain heavily - huge⁴
fell from the sky. We got incredibly wet! There were

5. 
   of lightning and loud^{5 6}
   

of thunder. It was quite scary. But then the storm passed and there was bright⁷ !

01.14

Listen to people describing the weather. Complete

each sentence with one word from exercises 1,2 or 3.

1. 
   a It was rainy all morning.
   

b it was in the afternoon.

2. 
   a There was thick .
   

b There was on the road.

3. 
   a Most of the day the sky was
   

b It was mild and .

4. 
   a There was on the grass.
   

b In the afternoon it was and

7. 
   Write a paragraph describing the weather one day last week. Write 15-30 words.
   

4. 
   Number the adjectives in order from hottest (1) to coldest (7).
   

Qcold Qhot Qsweltering fHcool Qmild Qwarm | |freezing

5. 
   Write the temperatures in words.
   

1. 
   -5° It’s minus five.
   
2. 
   26°C It’s twenty-six degrees Celsius.
   
3. 
   -15°
   
4. 
   14°C
   

5 -7°C

6 32°

Unit 4 Our planet

1

2

Complete the table with the comparative forms.

Adjective	Comparative
Short adjectives
tall	1
large	2
hot	3
early	4
Long adjectives
powerful	5
spectacular	6
Irregular adjectives
good	7
bad	8
far	9
Quantifiers
few	10
much / many	11
little	12

Complete the fact file. Use the comparative form of the
words in brackets.

3. 
   Compare the weather in the two cities. Write sentences with as... as and not as... as.
   

London	Edinburgh
\ ^1 /	/Tsl /
	• 1*
15°C	15°C
&
1 Edinburgh isn’t as sunny as London, (sunny)
2	(warm)
3	(cloudy)
4	(bright)
5	(wet)
6	(windy)
7	(dry)

4. 
   Complete the sentences with as, more, much or than.
   

1. 
   Mist isn’t as thick fog.
   
2. 
   The weather today is wetter
   

yesterday.

3. 
   ‘Is a hurricane powerful than a
   

thunderstorm?' 'Yes, it’s stronger.’

4. 
   The moon isn’t bright the sun.
   
5. 
   Are hurricanes more dangerous tornadoes?
   
6. 
   ‘I think maths is much interesting
   

geography.’
'Do you? I don’t think it’s interesting as
geography, but it’s more useful.’

FACT FILE:
COMETS AND ASTEROIDS

A



Comets are made of ice and pieces of rock. Asteroids are made of rock
and metal, and are¹ (heavy).
Most comets are much ² (big) than most asteroids.
© You can find asteroids ³ (close) to the sun than comets.
If comets get too close to the sun, they melt. So you can only find comets
much ⁴ (far) from the sun, where it is⁵ (cold)
and ice doesn't melt.



Comets are ⁶ (bright) than asteroids because they have
long, white tails.
© Comets are⁷ (rare) than asteroids. There are hundreds
of millions of asteroids in our solar system, but far⁸ (few)
comets - only about 4,000. For this reason, asteroids are⁹
(dangerous), as one of them is¹⁰ (likely) to hit the Earth.

comet

Unit 4 Our planet ^

3

_[ Listening 1.

Eyewitness
I can identify the context of a dialogue or monologue.

\ Revision: Student’s Book page 43
•*** 1 Match the words below with definitions 1-10.
•••
avalanche drought earthquake epidemic famine
flood forest fire mudslide tsunami
volcanic eruption

1. 
   A(n) is when the ground shakes
   

and buildings collapse.

2. 
   A(n) is when hot rocks, fire and
   

steam suddenly come out of the ground.

3. 
   A(n) is when water covers the
   

ground in places which are usually dry.

4. 
   A(n) is when snow and ice fall
   

quickly down a mountain.

5. 
   A(n) is a long period of time
   

without enough food in a region.

6. 
   A(n) is a very large and long wave
   

following an earthquake under the ocean.

7. 
   A(n) is when there is no rain for a
   

longtime.

8. 
   A(n) is a fire that spreads quickly
   

through a large area of trees.

9. 
   A(n) is when a serious disease
   

spreads to lots of people.

10. 
    A(n) is when a large quantity of
    

wet earth suddenly falls down the side of a hill.
2 Label photos A and B with the natural disaster words
from exercise 1.

Listening Strategy
It is important to be able to identify the context of the listening, i.e. who is speaking, where and when they are speaking, and what the situation is. This is not always obvious, so listen carefully for clues to help you.

01.15

Read the Listening Strategy. Then listen to two
dialogues and answer the questions. Write the clues which
gave you the answers.

Dialogue 1

1. 
   Where are they?
   

Clues:

2. 
   What natural disaster caused the damage?
   

Clues:
Dialogue 2

3. 
   What kind of natural disaster are they discussing?
   

Clues:
4 What time of day is it? Clues:

01.16

Listen to four extracts. Match each extract with a
natural disaster from exercise 1.

1. 
   Natural disaster
   
2. 
   Natural disaster
   
3. 
   Natural disaster
   
4. 
   Natural disaster
   

5

01.16

Listen again and choose the correct answers.

1. 
   The dialogue takes place a in a shopping centre, b in the street.
   

c in a supermarket.

2. 
   The disaster happened while the speaker a was on holiday in Japan.
   

b was in a business meeting, c was in a Japanese lesson.

3. 
   The speaker first went to Africa a about three years ago.
   

b about two years ago. c before university.

4. 
   The man who is giving information about Mount Bagana is a a guest at the hotel.
   

b an employee at a tourist information office, c an employee of the hotel.

	4D		Grammar 1